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On Sunday, June 26, more than 60 learners, tutors, board members, family and friends gathered for the Literacy Volunteers Annual Awards ceremony at Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church. We celebrated an enormously productive year for learners and their tutors. Twenty-four learners have made “educational functioning level gains” of one or more, according to their reassessments and the standards adopted by the State of Virginia. With great pride, Susie Boxley announced that two of our ESOL learners and one of our Basic Literacy learners have made 2 standard educational functioning level jumps within the year. Three of our tutors have worked with 2 learners each individually, and those learners each made an educational gain this year. Two of our tutors logged over 100 hours of instructional time alone, and have become the inaugural members of the “100 Hour Club” with another tutor in hot pursuit of this distinction. Final induction will be determined after all fiscal year-end reporting is complete. Al Brown and Stuart Wamsley were recognized as our first two Hundred Hour Club members. Learners are also eligible for membership and we look forward to announcing the learners who achieve this goal in the future.
A sampling of the accomplishments documented on the 2-month reports are as follows: 1 citizenship, 20 consumer skills, 5 health and wellness skills, 18 entered employment, 7 got better jobs, 22 improved employability skills, 4 improved skills needed at current job, 60 improved their English speaking and or listening abilities, 12 improved numeracy skills, 30 improved abilities to read and write, 18 increased involvement with children’s educational activities, 15 increased involvement in community activities, 3 obtained drivers licenses, 1 registered to vote, and 1 voted for the first time.
The tutor/learner pairs with the greatest educational functioning level gains this year were named the Sig Davidson Learners and Dudley Woody Tutors of 2005. In Basic Literacy the awards were presented to JoAnn Taylor and her tutor Kathleen Lautigar. In ESOL the awards were presented to Jackson Saturne and his tutor Nancy Steinweg.
Barbara Carraher received the 2005 Ruth Lipnik-Sarah Rubush Volunteer of the Year Award. In addition to her dedication as a tutor, Barb has contributed countless hours for many, many years to make our Annual Book Sale a success. Barb’s passion, energy and commitment to LVRV are greatly appreciated.
The following long-term, active tutors were recognized and thanked for their outstanding, dedicated service – 5 years: John Divers, Carol Sheahan, Al Brown, Angela Rauenswinter and Donna David; 9 years: Claire Blake and Barbara Carraher; 12 years: Kathleen Lautigar; 13 years: Emily Moore; and our tutor with the longest service of 15 years: Susie Fetter.
A highlight of the event was the debut of Writing from the Heart and the many learners who read pieces from the publication.
Thank you to everyone who participated!
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